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183: My Favourite Practice for Living a Connected Creative Life
It comes as no surprise that interviews can be intimidating. Full stop. Yes, AND I believe that there are ways to use interviewing to our...

Diana Varma
Mar 26, 20245 min read


173: Work and Play and Play and Work with Ryan Kough
I’m thrilled to introduce my guest today, Ryan Kough, who believes in design as a community-building tool creating partnerships between...

Diana Varma
Feb 13, 20242 min read


172: Stories on Stories on Stories with Raymond Biesinger
Today I share a story about stories within stories pertaining to the illustration and written work of my guest, Raymond Biesinger....

Diana Varma
Feb 1, 20242 min read


171: Constructing Invert with Anna Khorash
In this final episode of 2024, I sit down with type designer, Anna Khorash. Anna is currently based in The Hague, Netherlands, where she...

Diana Varma
Dec 15, 20232 min read


168: Micro + Macro Calendars with Phoebe Todd-Parrish and Ana Rita Morais
We are 23 days away from 2024 and with me today are two fantastic Toronto-based makers with calendars for us to enjoy all 366 days of the...

Diana Varma
Dec 8, 20233 min read


161: Inspiration 2.0 Featuring MDM 13.0
Inspiration is a mysterious, elusive and perhaps even divine interconnectedness between everyone and everything. Communication, both...

Diana Varma
Nov 7, 20236 min read


160: Celebrated Book Design with Coralie Bickford-Smith
I have a special episode for you today! In this conversation, you’ll hear from the iconic illustrator, storyteller, designer and Book...

Diana Varma
Oct 26, 20232 min read


155: Showing Up & Growing Up as a Commercial Illustrator with Mr. Tom Froese
I met Tom at DesignThinkers Vancouver in May of this year where he was facilitating an illustration workshop. After the day’s events, he...

Diana Varma
Sep 21, 20232 min read


148: Art Meets Science for Better Tomorrows with Camilo Saenz and Kristin Lewis
Let's do a quick association test. What pairs best with the following? Salt and... pepper! Peanut butter and... jam! Macaroni and......

Diana Varma
Jun 13, 20233 min read


147: Live From Podcamp 2023: Break All the Rules
It was a really neat experience getting to speak at PodCamp 2023. I respect this small-in-size, large-in-stature, annual meeting of the...

Diana Varma
Jun 6, 20233 min read


146: Emerging Typeface Designers Nicole Galindo & Cameron Mady
It's become a Talk Paper Scissors tradition to feature the incredible work of up-and-coming typeface designers in this space (check out...

Diana Varma
May 30, 20232 min read


143: Brand New: Meg!
I am thrilled to introduce our guest in today’s episode: It’s Meg! Meg Lewis is a designer, illustrator, artist and all-around creative....

Diana Varma
May 10, 20232 min read


140: Put Me In The Zoo (Part 2!)
My Dad’s favourite creative medium was audio. I have memories of my Dad pulling out blueprints, explaining a schematic of a sound system...

Diana Varma
Apr 6, 20231 min read


122: I Didn't Do The Thing Today with Madeleine Dore
I Didn’t Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt. When I first heard of this book by author Madeleine Dore, the title...

Diana Varma
Jun 30, 202210 min read


117: Big Emotions in Creative Living with Jamie Roberts of Rock That Creative Job
Continuing our discussion of big emotions in creative living, today I am joined by entrepreneur Jaime Roberts of Rock That Creative Job....

Diana Varma
Jun 20, 20222 min read


111: Listening x Creativity: Dr. Christine Wozniak, Chiropractor
Good morning! As this series about what’s at the intersection of listening and creativity comes to an end, I’m sharing the soundtrack...

Diana Varma
Jun 1, 20223 min read


110: Listening x Creativity: Douglas Davis, Creative Strategist
In reading author Celeste Headlee’s book We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter, I marked up, underlined, highlighted and...

Diana Varma
May 21, 20224 min read


109: Listening x Creativity: Jenna Beaton, Lawyer
One of the resources that encouraged my deep dive into listening is called You’re Not Listening: What You’re Missing and Why It Matters...

Diana Varma
May 21, 20223 min read


108: Listening x Creativity: Jenna Kingston, Dog Trainer
In January 2018, our family was looking to adopt a dog. Our previous family dog (a Shetland Sheepdog named Molly) left the world the...

Diana Varma
May 16, 20224 min read


107: Listening x Creativity: Drew Marshall, 3-Month Vow of Silence
Today’s guest has a very interesting life story. Here’s the abridged version: Drew Marshall was adopted, grew up in a funeral home,...

Diana Varma
May 16, 20224 min read
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